Following Friday’s shooting incident, election monitors have called for restraint from all political parties. They said the incident should not be a reason to unleash violence by those who seek revenge and party leaders,

The 37th Sunday Observer Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year show will be held on July 28 (Tuesday) at the Galadari Main Ball Room commencing at 5.30 pm. Former Sri Lanka south paw batsman and well known commentator Russel Arnold will be the chief guest. Forty six awards are at stake

People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) hopes to deploy around 15,000 election monitors to observe the elections and has appointed its 340 long-term observers in each Divisional Secretariat Division, Executive Director,

The Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) has been observing and monitoring all elections in Sri Lanka since April 2008 and has deployed its monitors at the grassroots level to monitor next month's Parliamentary elections from the date of nomination.

The United National Party (UNP) s pearheading the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) released their different manifesto last week, focusing on five areas of importance.

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya will meet the leaders of political parties and independent groups contesting the August 17 parliamentary elections for the first time after nominations tomorrow 20.

Lakshina Rodrigo (St.Peter's), Randev Pathirana (Royal College,Colombo) and Shanaka Sampath (SiriPiyaratana MV, Padukka) were voted as the Sunday Observer/MobitelMost Popular Schoolboy Cricketers of the year 2015 at the end o the final weeks's counting.

The price of LP gas will be reduced by Rs 100 per 12.5 kg domestic cylinder, Samba rice to Rs. 69 and Nadu rice to Rs 60 per kilogram with effect from July 15, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake announced yesterday.

Dimbulagala Aranya Senasanadhipathi Ven. Maldeniye Jinalankara Nayaka Thera (87) passed away at his Senasana. He was ailing for some time. A well known social worker, the Ven. Thera took a keen interest to develop the Dimbulagala area.

A workshop titled
Apey Gamana (Our Mission) is being held
at the Diyatalawa Defence College for
UPFA parliamentarians and constituent
party leaders. Here President Mahinda
Rajapaksa addresses the inaugural
session of the workshop. Prime Minister
D.M. Jayaratne is at right. Dr. Sarath
Amunugama, Dr. Suren Batagama, Prof.
Ranjith Bandara, SLRC Chairman Mohan
Samaranayake and Central Bank Governor
Ajith Nivard Cabraal also made
presentations at the first session. Pic:
Sudath Silva

Lankan envoy takes US under Secretary to task

Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in
Geneva Tamara Kunanayakam strongly objected to US Under Secretary
Maria Otero’s comments at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on
Friday that Sri Lanka had failed to show progress on HR issues,
warning that the hypocrisy and double standards of the US would
undermine gravely the legitimacy of the Council.

Double standards of USA, Western bloc exposed

Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and
Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa said had the USA had a
genuine desire to safeguard human rights, they should have moved a
resolution against the then UNP Government which was held
responsible for the loss of 66,000 lives during the 1987-1989
terror.

ICA consultant lauds Lanka’s Co-op Movement

Senior Consultant of the International
Co-operative Alliance (ICA) Rangan Dutta has commended the
Government’s moves to promote the country’s Co-operative Movement at
the ninth Asia Pacific Co-operative Ministers’ Conference at the UN
Centre, Thailand.

IMBL patrolling intensified

Fishermen from Sri Lanka and India have thronged
the Kachchathivu Island to attend the annual feast of St. Anthony’s
Church and the authorities from both countries said that they had
intensified patrolling on the International Martime Boundary Line
(IMBL) to ensure the safety and security of the devotees attending
the feast, officials of the two countries said.

‘West’s bogus concern - Sri Lanka owes explanation to none’

Almost three years after the Government
inflicted a crushing defeat on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) - Sri Lanka is the only country that has to date been able to
defeat and destroy a terrorist organisation - a section of the
international community’s ad nauseam criticism of the manner in
which President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration has handled the
crisis is becoming a major irritant bordering on bullying,